Phatmass Quest!- Commentary Thread

[cmotherofpirl]

Wifey must not live there then, or it would be clean.

[cmotherofpirl]

Can you run the star chart and check the date last accessed? Maybe he thawed immediately after freezing, it says offline, and has only been in there a few minutes. In that case its a long time til the next sammich

[quote name='arfink' timestamp='1335329986' post='2423080']
Mikolbe decides to try out the starchart program. After all, maybe it'll provide some kind of clue. He types "STARCHARTS.EXE" and hits enter to execute the program. Suddenly the room is filled with a dazzling red light, and the computer-simulated voice of a woman speaks: "Please Select destination."

[img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AzJY9ZH_3No/T5eEEPmfnnI/AAAAAAAABiY/-6QcfwQeKiU/I/quest14.png[/img]
[/quote]EARTH!

[AnneLine]

I'm also thinking that that red box might be an emergency exit - you know, break glass and open door?

select destination: home

[cmotherofpirl]

Yes, that was my next question. Can he reach it or does he have to stand on the table?

[Chrysophylax]

I think MIkolbe should run the CRYO.CFG to see what it does. And tell the computer to set destination: HOME.
And maybe pull the fire alarm, just in case.

Edited April 25, 2012 by Chrysophylax

[brianthephysicist]

1: Go to the computer and use the TIME command to find out what the date and time are. They probably won't help terribly much right now, but I have a feeling it might be useful later (if not also doubling as an easter egg for a hidden function, because come-on, who would hide something important in the date and time function of a computer???)

2: As silly as it might sound, I honestly do like table's idea on post #61 about strip searching himself to look for clues.

I suggest doing both of these things before proceeding any further, whether my idea or continuing with the starcharts and lasers. I see a lot of potential with the starcharts and lasers, but it seems too obvious to me. If you don't end up using any of these, I'll try it out.

3: Since the floor is greasy, it may be easy to set on fire. This can 1 bring attention to himself through smoke and possibly alarms and 2 may burn down one or more of the walls (but probably not the floor because it feels like stone), but it does come with the risk of burning himself alive and/or burning away all of the available oxygen causing him to suffocate.

No guts, no glory!

MIKolbe unplugs the computer from the wall and proceeds to unwrap the power cord to separate the positive and negative wires. Plugging the cord back into the wall, he can now use the arc between the two wires to ignite the grease on the floor = FIRE!!!!!!!!

Now that there is a fire on the floor, he runs back into the cryo chamber where the floor is not greasy and will not be set aflame.

Another variant on this (but extremely doubtful over time to achieve it) is to set the fire, then McGyver the cord back together, start the computer, run the CRYO command and then run into the cryo chamber, hopefully all of this is done 1 before the fire kills him and 2 before the door closes and locks him into the room with the fire.

[AnneLine]

After looking at the drawing more closely do think that what I thought at first was a fire alarm is actually a 'break glass and pull to open door' thingy.


MIKolbe should break glass.



If I am wrong, MIKolbe will blow up and we won't have to worry any more...

But we will pray for him if that should happen...

Edited April 25, 2012 by AnneLine

[AnneLine]

Brian, I think that you have been watching too many MythBusters episodes.... that sounds like something the Jr. MythBusters would suggest.... but it is clever, and who knows... you might be right!

[AnneLine]

[quote name='arfink' timestamp='1335327596' post='2423062']
1) Please stop guessing numbers people. You will find the combination you need. Trust me. Keep looking.

2) Gravity is seemingly normal, otherwise I think Mikol would have mentioned it.

3) Any resemblance to Orion is coincidental, since I sprayed those white dots very randomly without even looking closely at them.

EDIT: 2.5) The wildcard search did not reveal a sys.config, did it? (Read my previous posts, please.)

EDIT 2: I realize I have been getting pretty lazy even by 4chan standards with this thing. Bear with me, I'm trying to puzzle out how to help you guys figure it out instead of just giving you too many non-visual clues.
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OK, I was doing a little light science fiction short story reading (ahem!) on the Lame Board (ahem ahem) a little earlier, and I seem to be starting to slowly put a few things together. (could be totally off on this now....)

I also re-read comment above, and i think our GM is trying to tell us we are being a bunch of non-nerds, and we aren't seeing many of the clues he is giving us and we are going about this the wrong way. OK, I will accept that... sounds apt....

Then I took his subtle suggestion that we should RE-READ his posts... and found this one....
[indent=2]
[color=#ff0000]"Hmm, I wonder what files this thing [i]does[/i] have on it."[/color]

[/indent]
[indent=2][color=#ff0000]Quote[/color][/indent]

[indent=2][color=#ff0000]>SEARCH *.*
>FILES FOUND: 5

CRYO.CFG
NOTETOSELF.TXT
SAMMICHRECIPIE.TXT
STARCHARTS.EXE
GETMAIL.EXE

EOF
?>[/color]

[/indent]

That means there ARE no more files to find in that computer, unless somethig is hidden under one of those commands. Unless it is the first one, I don't think any of the others still remain to be checked... did I miss something?

I still think we should try seeing what happens if MIK should break the glass and try to push the door. Anyone else with me?

[MIKolbe]

[quote name='arfink' timestamp='1335325448' post='2423050']
To everyone who has suggested to type in random numbers: pretend Mikolbe has already tried them all. Try a different approach.
[/quote]

I hit the keypad with my fist..in it's face.

[PadrePioOfPietrelcino]

MIKolbe being stuck in a difficult situation sits down and prepares to consecrate himself to Mary in order that he might better discern the next step.

[cmotherofpirl]

Did he read ALL the files yet?

[MIKolbe]

perhaps it would be a good idea to 'dumb down' the game?

This is me we are talking about......

[Papist]

Mikolbe is very tired. He sits down, pulls out his ipod and relaxes to Spandau Ballet's Greatest Hits.

[MIKolbe]

more of a fan of the funk.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBx6mAWYPU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBx6mAWYPU[/url]

[brianthephysicist]

[quote name='brianthephysicist' timestamp='1335334013' post='2423090']
1: Go to the computer and use the TIME command to find out what the date and time are. They probably won't help terribly much right now, but I have a feeling it might be useful later (if not also doubling as an easter egg for a hidden function, because come-on, who would hide something important in the date and time function of a computer???)

2: As silly as it might sound, I honestly do like table's idea on post #61 about strip searching himself to look for clues.

I suggest doing both of these things before proceeding any further, whether my idea or continuing with the starcharts and lasers. I see a lot of potential with the starcharts and lasers, but it seems too obvious to me. If you don't end up using any of these, I'll try it out.

3: Since the floor is greasy, it may be easy to set on fire. This can 1 bring attention to himself through smoke and possibly alarms and 2 may burn down one or more of the walls (but probably not the floor because it feels like stone), but it does come with the risk of burning himself alive and/or burning away all of the available oxygen causing him to suffocate.

No guts, no glory!

MIKolbe unplugs the computer from the wall and proceeds to unwrap the power cord to separate the positive and negative wires. Plugging the cord back into the wall, he can now use the arc between the two wires to ignite the grease on the floor = FIRE!!!!!!!!

Now that there is a fire on the floor, he runs back into the cryo chamber where the floor is not greasy and will not be set aflame.

Another variant on this (but extremely doubtful over time to achieve it) is to set the fire, then McGyver the cord back together, start the computer, run the CRYO command and then run into the cryo chamber, hopefully all of this is done 1 before the fire kills him and 2 before the door closes and locks him into the room with the fire.
[/quote]
Idea 1 I'm completely serious about. [i]Please[/i] use the TIME command on the computer.

Idea 2 probably won't help at all but I felt that it needed to be repeated.

Idea 3 was me going for gold, just for fun.

If you don't like any of my ideas, Chrys has 3 legitimately good ones

[quote name='Chrysophylax' timestamp='1335330328' post='2423086']
I think MIkolbe should run the CRYO.CFG to see what it does. And tell the computer to set destination: HOME.
And maybe pull the fire alarm, just in case.
[/quote]


[quote name='cmotherofpirl' timestamp='1335369409' post='2423186']
Did he read ALL the files yet?
[/quote]
As far as I've been able to follow, he hasn't read the sammichrecipe file (which may be important) or used cryo.cfg. He also hasn't used all of the commands in the computer such as the TIME command or writing new files or sending files to another location (which doesn't seem useful now, but may come in very handy later).




BTW this is now rivaling for my fave thread on phatmass

[Papist]

Poor little lost Mikolbe...

[MIKolbe]

you can't take me anywhere, i swear.

[AnneLine]

MIKolbe, don't cry... you might short out the computer or keypad. Use your rosary.

Pray to ARFink to intercede for you...

agreed we are not too bright, ARFink....

[BigJon16]

[quote name='arfink' timestamp='1335361372' post='2423137']
Feeling his rage building, Mikolbe goes super saiyan, charges up his Kamehameha to OVER 9000 and proceeds to hit the keypad IN ITS FACE!!!

[img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SYUs9kK1Sy8/T5f-8GedfqI/AAAAAAAABis/QpEnU3M_F9A/s800/quest15.png[/img]

THEY KEYPAD IS UTTERLY DESTROYED!

[/quote]

You see, this is why we cant have nice things.